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Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 03/27/2014 - 02:00
½ûÂþÌìÌÃs are increasingly long-lived. That's according to the latest census by ISTAT (National Institute for Statistics), whose findings were disclosed by the…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 12/22/2013 - 04:00
Italy ranks second in Europe for the oldest population, Istat revealed last week in its annual statistical report. The ½ûÂþÌìÌà National Statistical Institute…
Lifestyle
by Natalie Aldern | Tue, 09/20/2011 - 10:10
According to Istat, the national statistics bureau, Italy boasts 16,145 people over 100 years old. Of these centenarians, 13,040 are women and 3,105 are men.…
Lifestyle
by Natalie Aldern | Fri, 04/08/2011 - 05:52
Advocacy groups are calling for the legal drinking age in Italy to be raised from 16 to 18 after a new report was released detailing alcohol abuse among…